Corinth Object: C 2013 13 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | C 2013 13 | | Title: | | CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURE: CHIMAERA | | Category Code: | | C | | Year: | | 2013 | | Object Number: | | 13 | | Description: | | Open shape with globular body, curving inward to almost vertical neck | | Decoration: | | On exterior, cream slip; two lines at junction of nect to body, on body row of animals (?), one of them is Chimaera with head, front half of body, and part of tail preserved; rear end, back legs, and top of head missing. Chimaera rendered sketchily, with teeth, protruding tongue, and single circle eye with pupil. Incised spiral beginning between front legs and spirals counter clockwise on shoulder. Snakey tail has incised circles on its body, and pointed triangular head on its tip, curves parallel to body of Chimaera. On interior, red gloss. | | Mythology: | | Chimaera | | Material: | | Fine reddish yellow clay, few rounded black inclusions. | | Munsell Color: | | 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | | Condition: | | Fragment. Three joining fragments. No edge preserved; some gloss flaking off. | | Manufacture: | | WM | | Dimensions Actual: | | Th. 0.0029 | | Dimensions Preserved: | | L. 0.052, H. 0.040 | | Weight Description: | | 0.005 | | Weight: | | 0.005 | | Period: | | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | | Chronology: | | Middle or Late Corinthian | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 1167 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0777
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1167
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